Morning Coffee, Memories, and a lesson on Safety.

☕️ Morning Thoughts Over Coffee 🎶

Every morning starts the same for me — a hot cup of coffee, the sweet ballads playing softly in the background, and my conversations with my best friend, Jenna Hildebrand. We talk through emails, voice clips on Messenger, and in our group chats. That’s part of my peaceful routine.

But not everything has been peaceful lately. I realized Pam was still not blocked on my Facebook, and both she and Adam have been trying to reach me on Messenger — even calling me. I ignored them, and when she asked me to call her back, I still didn’t answer. Eventually, I blocked her because she had accused my best friend Jenna of sending nasty pictures to a man named Randy Lyons.

As a disability advocate, I know better than to get caught up in drama. That’s not my purpose, and it’s not where my energy belongs. I have more important things to focus on — like my family, my faith, and my nephew.

And that brings me to something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. When I was a little girl, around ten to thirteen years old, I watched an episode of Fat Albert that taught a powerful lesson: the importance of a secret password.

In the show, a stranger offered a kid a ride. But the boy asked, “What’s the password?” When the man didn’t know, the boy yelled, “Help! Help!” and escaped safely.

That memory stuck with me. Back then, we didn’t use a family code word. But now, with little ones in our family again, I realize how important it is. A simple, secret word could mean the difference between safety and danger.

It’s never too late to start. Families can sit down, pick a word together, and practice using it. One small step can protect the people we love the most.

💬 Have you ever thought about a family code word? It might be the simplest thing that keeps someone safe.

 

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